Abstract
The Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), which was introduced in Brazil through theCaribbean, is transmitted by anthropophagic mosquitoes and has a great potential to generate explosive epidemics. One of its principal symptoms is a debilitating polyarthralgia/polyarthritis that can last for years. However, the CHKV infection can manifest also unspecific symptomatology, with fever, arthralgia, myalg…